The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-21

| already owning one OF the nneSU groves
around the springs.
NJ. G. Rowe, of Dade City, as well as
| Messrs. Sumner and Overstreet, of the same
place, have fields of corn growing that will
average 35 or 40 bushels per acre. These
| gentlemen are all practical and progressive
| farmers, who cultivate their crops intelli-
gently and industriously
Capt Alex. Wallace is at the North for
the purpose of purchasing a locomotive and
| ferry boat for the New Arlington and May
port railroad. The steamer will ply be-
| tween Jacksonville and Arlington-the ter
minus of the road The dock will be at
the foot of Market street.
| At a meeting of the Gainesville Guards
| Saturday night seventeen new members
were received. Mr. l. z. Webster was
| elected Captain, John S. Twomey First
Lieutenant and f. A. Evans Second Lieu
| tenant. The company is now in finer CON
| dition than it has ever been.
| Chipley will soon have another saw mill
| Some enterprising men have bought the
| Mooman saw mill and engine and will bring
| it to that town, and intend combining with
| it a cotton gin, shingle MILL planning and
grist mill. They will get all the business
they can attend to and make money.
| In the lot of William Ivers, on Lemon
| street, Palatka, there are several orange and
lemon trees in bloom at present, state of
bulliSS very dO UillS ScitSOn Oh Ule year,
Mr. Iyers cannot account for the appearance
Of the blooms at this time, as he never be-
fore saw these trees in bloom in June
Capt Jack Staplebuilder, of Paola, left
Tuesday night for Lynn, Mass, where he
! goes TO complete arrangements for building
the $50, 900 tourists hotel at Mt. Dora, which
will be begun in about month. The Cap
tain is builder of no little note, and all his
work is done in the very best manner.
ha
appointed the following gentlemen as in
spectors of the sanitary condition of the
various towns of the county: For Auburn
dale, DR. ID. A. Duckworth; for Lakeland,
DR.. f. L. Brooks; for Fort Meade, DR.. w.
l.. Weems; for Barlow, Mr.. D. J. Baskin.
The Palatka police officers, not satisfied
with catching al the cows. hogs and dogs,
| and impounding them, have got after the
| geese. The other day the geese of c.. P.
Devereux and those of George H. Cox, were
| arrested" The next thing will be the old
reliable hens and pet birds about the house.
| A happy crowd of merry-rnakers were
| gathered together at Mr.. r. Grim's resi-
dence at Como, last Tuesday evening. Miss
! Laura HaXton, a visiting cousin of Mr..
| GT'ins from Indiana, was queen Of the
festivities and graciously dispensed well
| comes, smiles and more solid refreshments.
A party from Ellaville, composed of Mrs.
4
Thompson, were stopped and detained two
| or three hours at Baldwin recently, by the
| jacksonville quarantine authorities. The
| officer was not disposed to accept an offhand
certificate from the doctor, and the party
felt very indignant. They did not enjoy
their trip very greatly.
j. E. Ingraham, President of the South
Florida road, Col H. S. Haines, general
manager of the Plant system; Capt. James
Fitzgerald, superintendent of the Plant
steamship line, and Capt. Swoope, super
intendent of the South Florida road, were in
Tampa last week holding a consultation in
regard to the extension of the South Florida
railroad to Brushy Point.
The Putnam County Board of Health, at
its meeting Saturday, decided to remove the
quarantine on that county on all the roads
leading into Palatka except the st. Johns
and Halifax road. The counties south have
such effective quarantines that the board
| think they are fully protected, and that
there is no further necessity in quarantining
any place except the Halifax coast.
A sample of German millet hay from the
plantation of T. J. Roberts may be seen at
the Floridion office. The yield was four
tons to the acre, and heavy cut of grass
hay will be taken from the same ground
later in the season. Mr. Roberts, who has
demonstrated how well farming will pay in
Leon county, harvested forty bushels of ex-
ira heavy oats to the acre this season e..
Macon Daily Ne,cs: It is a noticeable
fact that the State of Florida matriculated
quite number of pupils at Wesleyan this
year. The fair rosebuds from the Land of
| Flowers doomed into exquisite loneliness
at commencement. And right worthily
have these young ladies borne themselves
| during the college term, sharing many of
the awards of merit conferred by the col
lege.
A debating society was organized at Kis-
simmee Monday night by the election Of
j. NJ Colley, President; W. B. Pigg, Vice
| President; w. n. Golf, Secretary, and H.
G.. Stanford, Treasurer Their next meeting
will be at the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation rooms Monday evening at s O'Clock,
June n. The subject for discussion will be
resolved, That the reading of fiction is
more injurious than beneficial"
A primary was held at San Antonio Fri
day for the purpose Of nominating county
| officers. Hon. A. s. Mann presided at the
meeting and made speech. All the men
| nominated are Mann men. The following
are the nominees: For Clerk H. Fl. Henley !;
For Sheriff, j. A. Grady; County Judge,
D. o. Thrasher; Superintendent of Public
Instruction, A. r. Ravsee. The election
will take place on next Saturday, June %.
The Academy Of the Sacred Heart at
Palatka, will be moved during the present
to the lot on Oak street, just in rear of the
Catholic church The lot on which the
academy now stands was recently traded to
Mr.. Dalton for the Oak street property, and
the new location will be in every way bet
ter suited for school purposes. New addi-
/ tions will be built to the already large
building, and other improvements will be
| made
Through tn efforts of the Transportation
| Committee Of the Palatka Board of Trade,
the Florida Southern, st. Augustine and
Palatka and the st. Johu's and Halifax
railroads have decided TO run excursion
trains one day in each week over their lines
TO Palatka, charging only one fare from
any given point and return. These excur-
sions will begin on next Wednesday, and a
large number of people will take advantage
of the cheap rates to visit Palatka and do
their trading
The closing exercises of the Academy of
the Sacred Heart, Palatka, took place Fri
day. The past term has been very pros
porous one and the attendance of pupils
large and regular The examinations,
written and oral, had been held previously
and the children showed the excellent train
ing and care they had received. The senior
class averaged about ninety-five and the
junior class about ninety, while the children
of the primary department showed a good
average all around.